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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER, SATURDAY, AUGUST Ig. PZACWAL U. GAMY. Mr. PATTUON opened the pleadings. This we,s'i an ac tion for damages for an injury done to the P b tritiff's vessel, the Robert, through the negligence of defendant's ser vant, who commanded the ship john Reid. Mt. 8 401 '9 1101 stated case to the Jury. The ques, t ier! here was, wheel's the damage which had been done to the Robert air se through the negligence of the, defend ant's servant"... The vessels in question had put into the Pert of li7Ong Hope, in one of the Orkney Islands, the Robert, being ulti m at e l y b oun d to D oug l as , i n t h e I s l e o f and the. John Reid to Liverpool. Several other vessels were in the port at the same time, and they all left it together. Before they could get, free from the stir rounding islands, and into the open sea, the accident oc curred. The wind being against therir, they were obliged to make tacks, in order to get out. At about half-past three o'clock the .Robert, as she approached an island called Flota, was in the act of reefing her top-sails, for the purpose of tacking. For the moment she lay like a log upon the water. At that instant the John Reid, having made her tack, was returning. with the wind on her larboard, nr, as the seamen call it, on her larboard tack. Now, With' respect -to Veneta in this situation, it was a ride at sea, that in case of their being in danger of running foul of each other, the ship on the starboard tack should keep her wind, or, in other words, go on in her course, and the. vessel on the larboard tack should give way. The john Reid had not complied with this rule, and in consequeece not 'doing so, she came on the bow of the Robe t, stove in her planks, and did her much injury, so moth, indeed, that she madtione foot water a day. The Roereet was obliged to put back into Long Hope Bay, and - there get some temporary repairs; after which thei sailed out to Stromness, where she got sonic btheetrAing repairs, suchltsito enable her to keep the sea. &A finally went into Maryport, to which pla ce sh e be , tonged,. and underwent a complete repair. In consequence of this occurrence, she lost her voyage to the Isle of Man, and for the lass of freight, as well as the expellees of repairs, the present action was brought. Th e owners hi p was admitted. Adam Russell—l was the master of the ship Robert, in . 1823 ; she was on a voyage from Memel to Douglas, in the Isle of Man ; I p u t i n to L ong H ope B ay, i n the Ork neys, on the 4th of October; several other vessels were there at the same time; the John Reid Was 'one of the vessels: we came out on the 11th of October, about eight in the morning; the John Reid was beating out. at the saine time; about half-past three in the afternoon, my vessel had both topsail yards down, with people on the fore-topsail yard reefing; she was on the starboard tack ; while she VMS in that state she would not obey the helm; she was not about to tack, but when we had set both top sails, she would haie gone forward and tacked ; she had vary little way in the ..water ; she was drifting a little, perhaps about half a mile an hour ; the John Reid tacked about half a mile from us; she came running, down upon us on the larboard tack; she had single-reefed topsails; her sails were set and she was manageable ; she was going at the rate of four or five knots an hour; she came down on us, and struck us on the larboard bow, and stove in all the bow, and had it not been for the timber with which we were laden, she would have run right over us. If the: , accident had not happened, I should have got to Douglas in eight or ten days ; but I did not get there till the 4th of March, 1824. Re.:examined.—Tberevvas plenty of room between us and the island of Mots.; my vessel was an old vessel, and tender-sided; she was .50 years old. SCARLETT.—Ay, she must be worn out, she is old and tender-hem-04..4A laugh.) Two other 'witnesses corroborated ibis evidence. Mr. SCARLETT addressed the jury for the defendants. He believed he should be able to prove that every thing which the plaintiff's witnesses had described as necessary, had, in fact been done. The truth of the case was this. The witnesses for the plaintiff had proved, that the wind , freshened when they were near !lota, and that the wind had, in fact, freshened so much, that when the John Reid made the tack, the wind rent their jib, and the *beet of their fore-Staysail went, in consequence of which they could not turn the head of their vessel with the same facility as if that accident had not happened. The men in the John Reid had done all that they could, and they were disposed to say, that if the crew of the Robert had titially have exerted themselves, the accident would not hive happened. Captain Feathers.—l was Captain of the John Reid at the time ire qaestion ; I had a pilot on board; the Robert and John Reid were' sailing in the same line, and when we got, near the island of:I:iota we were obliged to tack; when we had tacked, we saw the Robert coming up to make the same tack ; the pilot saw her, and said to me, " We can't go a-head of that vessel, we must go astern, or else we shall run on her midships;" we shivered our main-top-sail, lowered the peak of the try-sail, and put our helm hard a-weather ; by doing this we should have avoided the accident, but that in making the last tack, our fore-stay-sail was rent by the wind, which had in creased 'very suddenly; when we got near the island of Flota, in consequence of the sheet of our fore-stay-sail being gone' and our jib being rent, our vessel did not obey the helm as she ought to have done ; I think they were reefing the top-sails on board the Robert; they had the fore-topmast stay-sail, and kept the main-sail up so as to keep her more to the wind ; they ought to have done just the. reverse; most likely we might have avoided the accident then; our crew was 1:3 in, number. Captain Russell, and two of his crew, were recalled on the part of the plaintiff. Captain Russell swore, that on the day after the accident, When they were both in Long Hope Bay, Captain Feathers did say he was coining to speak the Robert,. The three witnesses swore, that, the' fore-stay sail of the Robert was down, the peak of the mainsail was also down ; ; it.was down, because, if it had, been up, the vessel would have gone nearer the wind, and have turned her head. Mr. SCARLET?, in reply to additional evidence, said, the last fact decided the case in his favour. Mr. BROIJiillAiVi, in reply on the whole case,' observed, that it was not so decisive as his learned friend seemed to imagine; for, if the jury Would look at the maps, they would see that the Robert ,could not have gone nearer the wind without having been &Ca on the bold rocky shore of Flots: • Being thus situated between the risk of suffer ing damage from the ,john Reid, and the certainty of ship wreck on the rocks of Plots, the men on board the Robert with great deference to his learned friend's better seaman shipdiad.chosen the risk of damage to the certainty of shipwreck. . Mr. Baron iiiii,LOCK left the case to the jury, who re:. turned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the paretetragreed to refer the damages. 'Extract of a letter from I — Animater, dated Saturday night Up to the latest hour tr i v u lit i , t h he tl i r C ' at sat on Saturday, Edward Wake fi eld upon hail, nor declared his intention applied to be let out of custody to traverse either of the indictments found for misdemeanour and conspiracy. Ilis brother `V . m Wake field, will certainly be brought to trial at theee Assizefo the misdemeanour. Ile is not able to traverse it to th e next .Assizes, in consequence of his having been ap prehended on this charge more than twenty-one days before the commencement of the present Session of nyer and terminer. Edward Wakefield having b een in custody on a charge of felony, and not of finis. demeanor, is entitled, if he chooses , to traverse. It is that 'Airs, Frances Wakefield, late Miss Davies, will make her voluntary appearance in Court, and give bail on Monday, to prevent the issuing tit' any compulsory process against her. The manner in which she is implicated in the conspiracy is, by having furnished E. Wakefield, her stepson, with the pecuniary means of accomplishing this fraudulent abduction. W. Wakefield's trial cannot come on before Thursday next at the soonest, in consequence of Mr. Justice l'ark's determination to devote the three first days of next week to tha trial of the rioters." CORFU. following is an extract of a private letter from Corfu. Its details are of considerable interest : CORFU, JI/0 I.—The report which I mentioned in my last, respecting an engagement between some Greek pirates and the Canzbrian frigate, proves, unfortunately, to have too much foundation. It is not, however, the Cam brian, but the Sybille frigate, which has sustained the loss. The Commander, Captain Pechell, is accounted one of the best, if not ie best, in the Mediterranean. His ship is always in most excellent fighting . trim. It seems that a set of pirates had, for a length of time, established them selves on"the southern coast of the island of Candia, in a part all but inaccessible. They fortified the spot in such a way, that if chased they could put their vessels into shallow water, leave them, and, placing themselves behind their rude breast-works, make a stout defence. For the lest few weeks ' the Archipelago has become so dangerous, that no vessel sails without a convoy. Two brigs, the one a Maltese, the other a Sardinian, were boarded, rifled, and their crews maltreated—even tortured by these miscreants. They were ordered to make the best of their way back to Malta; but the winds proving con trary, they were obliged to run for Alexandria. They told the treatment they had received to Captain Pechell, who instantly determined to drive the pirates from their strong holds. The entrance to the creek (of which he was in formed by a Greek master) proved to be so narrow that little or nothing could be done, as the guns could not be made to bear upon the Greek vessels. The crews, who, according to their system, had left them, to repair to their works on the land, when summoned to surrender, said, that if their ships were burnt, they must starve, and of the two deaths, they preferred being shot. A severe action took place, in which eighteen of our men were killed, besides three dicers, and 22 wounded. There is reason to believe that the Greek.vessels were not much injured; although the Malta Papers say, two were de stroyed, and the other two crippled. The frigate's boats made the attack, and were exposed to a severe fire, not being protected by the cannon of their own ship. This is treating the Greeks too lightly ; it should he remembered that they are a set of desperate fellows, young, exceedingly active, and ever in the midst of danger. Besides, when engaged with a man of war, they are fight ing with a noose round their necks; if taken, they are hanged—and, if not taken, but their ships destroyed, they must starve—and surely the risk of being shot, with, at the same time, the chance of escape, is the better of the alternatives. This, they. feel, and generally when they fight, fight desperately: I assure you, that their little rocks are so dependent on trade, and: on the Continent for supplies, that now, when trade is at an end, and the merchant 'will consign his cargo in a Greek bottom, to live they must pirate. We expect some severe work now; for this affair of the Sybille will bring us about their ears ; and as the islanders were, and are, Much more ferocious than their continental brethren, they will occasion some trouble. Lieut. Gordon, who had three shots through his body, and who is since dead, is deeply regretted. All the garri son of Corfu hear testimony to his excellent conduct as a gentleman, and his bravery as a seaman. Lieut. Tupper is also dead, and one midshipman. Captain Hamilton's plan, if feasible in all cases, is the best : eighteen Greek ships, upon seeing him, made for the land, and there proposed to defend themselves, as usual, behind rocks, and stones,"and rude fortifications; they were 1,000 strong. Captain Hamilton . promised* to land' thent on the Continent if they would give up their vessels. His determined character seemed to 'have influenced them, for they instantly consented, and were accordingly lauded. Of course, they will join their brethren, and the pirate va lour will now be a virtue. By the last accounts from Napoli di Romania, we learn that the Greek Government have issued strong• orders against pirates, and prayed for assistance from foreign Powers to quell them. The plague rages among the troops of Ibrahim, and the 'summer fevers are coining into play as strongly as the plague, so that something may yet, be done. ERRATA IN THE ADVERTISEMENT OF PRUSSIAN LOAN SONY* CA Ne/LLED, INSERTED IN THE SUN OF Tin 14TH JULY LAST. For 2905 read 2803. 5750 -- 5756. PRICES OF STOCKS THI Bank Stock 2OIN 9 1 ,4 S per Cent. Bet 79Sli 3 per Cent. Cons. "A S 3!::, per Cent. Ditto Red. ' 110;2 4 per Cent. New Ditto Scrip — Mink ton Ann India Stock —..—. Ditto floods 24 V 2 23 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bands, 5 per cent. „.„ Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilion Bonds, 6 per et. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1814 3O; l 30%, Danish, 3 per cent. 57 , E7 Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 Guatunala Mexican Bonds Do. 1825...46% 73%4 % 1 5 634 PRICES OF SHARES Brazilian Mining Company General Mining Association. Hayden Mining Company Potosi La Pas and Peruvian Assoc ' PRICE I OF IRISH 8 Bank Stock Gov. Stock, 3% per cent.... 84 228 a Ditto, New 4 per Cent. New 93% Gov. 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National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Rank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine N PM Shares New Brighton ILB. Arrived. Due, O Flanders 0 Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Malts 0 1 America. 0 O Brazil l► o Buenos Ayres N BRIDGE TO.MORROW. Evening ....... 20 minutes alter . I. tbt LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1826. We received in due course last night the Paris Papers of Saturday, and the Etoile of Sunday morn ing. The latter contains intelligence from Lisbon to the 4th instant, by which we learn that the PRINCESS REGENT of PORTUGAL took the oath to the Charter on the 31st ult., and on the same day issued a Pro clamation, declaring that she will remain at the head of the Government till her niece is of age• The Ga zette of the 3d instant, announces the nomination of a new Ministry, composed as follows : M. IY.UstaynA-.-Foreign Affair*. M. GREtios—the Interior. M. Skt,o.trola D'Ouviraik DAUX.--War. M. BliAANcAlstr, BUM DE SORRAI.I.--Pitari Ce • The EMU(' stales the arrival at Havre, from Hayti, of tir fiche c orvette , bringing a million of piastres , completing th e fi rst i nstalment of the. Indemnity for the St. Domingo Planters, and two Commissioner s from the Governm en t of Hayti. The same paper also ann ounces t h a t l e tt e rs from Jassy of the 20th July state, that the Turkish Com missioners were still at that place, and that the opening of the conferences had been deterred for three weeks. It likewise mentions that the Captain of an Austrian vessel, lately arrived at Trieste, reports that the_ last expedition from Alexandria has brought to IBRAHIM but very few troops and provisions, which have been landed at Navarin. The Egyptian Chief was encamped at Nisi, and was sending large quantities of provisions to Trip oli zza. Letters from _Napoli di Romania say, that the gar rison of Missolonghi has given up to the public trea sury the arrears of pay which were due to it. The Constitutionnel and Quotidienne have the fol lowing. articles relative to the affairs of Turkey, which afford some interesting particulars, though not of a later date than previous advices from Constantinople (From the Constitutiossnel.) TURKEY. CONSTANT/NOME, JULY 11.—A.Police order forbids all ser vents and slaves to appear in the streets after sunset. The illu mination of the capital . ; which, when viewed from Pera, gave to Constantinople the appearance of a sea of fire, has been put an end to, because the crowds which assembled to witness the display had a tendency to augment the ditiorders of the capital. In spite of the severity of the Government, a plot, concocted by the soldiers of the new force, which replaced the Janissaries at the Palaces o f the Ambassadors, has been this day discovered. The object of it was nothing less than the burning of the city. The criminals were arrested at the house of the Sardinian Ambassador, and are by this time executed. The following is the method, it is said, by which the Yamaks, who occupied the fortresses of the Bosphorus, were got rid of. Upon the pretext of rewarding them for the fidelity they had displayed, the Grand Vizier ordered them to quit the fortresses. They fell into the snare, and the greater part were sent on board the fleet:of the Capitan, Paths, lying at the entrance of the Dar danelles,ln order to be employed in the expedition against Hydra. Before this embarkation took place, however, all those who had taken any part in the.late troubles, were executed in the presence of the Grand Vizier; it is calculated, that out of 4.000 men, of which the corps consisted, about 1,200 perished on the occasion. After the departure of the Yamaks, the fortresses were confided to the Topschis. The news from the provinces continue favourable, which will, of course, facilitate the execution of the different reforms, especially as the capital, which has been stunned with so many events, re mains motionless, and offers not the smallest resistance. (From the Quolidienne.) The resolution formed by the Sultan to appoint a separate Pacha for Pera has excited a great sensation among the Franks. In the firmaun published relative to the suppression of the Janis saries, the Sultan expressly says, That, in the organization of the new troops, his Majesty has principally had in view the future firm resistance of all foreign influence.' In the mean time the formation of the disciplined army advances with rapidity, and, as early as the 29th June, a body of about 500 men, newly organised, traversed Pera, to the great astonish.. ment of the Franks. mown FUNDS.—PARIS, AUG. 12.—Five per Cents, opened at 100 f. 65c. ' • dosed at 100 E 60c.: Three per Cents. opened at 661. 30c. ; closed at 68f. 40c. ; Bank Stock, 2015 f.; Rentes de Naples, 721. SOc. ; Rentes de Espagne, 101 f. ; Royal Spanish Loau, 46f. • Haytian Loan, &W.—Exchange on London, One Month Bills , 2bf. 65c.—Cours Authentique. We received last night, the Allgemeine Zeitung and Frankfort Journal, both of the Bth instant. The, following are extracts : SMYRNA, July 3.—Ever since the breaking out of .the Revo lution at Constantinople, we have been l`ri great alarm on account of the Janiuiries, who, on the receipt of the order from the capital, did indeed give up their kettles and badges to the Path', but positively refused to lay down their arms. Several Onstas have declared, that if orders to disarm them should come, they will not only resist them, but will unite with the Janissaries at Aleppo and Damascus, amounting to nearly fifty thousand men, who are reported to have directly resisted the execution of the commends of the Sultan for the introduction - of European disci pline. The number of Janissaries here is front ten to twelve thousand men and it cannot be denied that we are chiefly inillelsted for the maintenance of tranquillity hitherto to the presence of the French, English, Austrian, and Sardinian squadrons.. Jut.•r 30.—'The probably accidental meeting at the Baths of Ems, of Count Capp d'lstria and the Russian Coun sellor of State Von Stourdxa,. has revived the conjecture that that Statesman may perhaps be again employed in the Russian Admi nistration; though his ill health seems to disqualify him from active employment. His Highness Prince Metternich, whole ♦isit•to Johannisberg • was given up, is now expected on.the I2th of ring, month. VIENNA, Av a. 3.--Metalliques, Bank Shares, 1065. Atm. 1. —The plague having manifested itself at Rudschuck, a , qua/Ohne of the second Decree has been established ever since the gth on the frontiers of Transylvania,' for every thing coming from Great and Little Wallachia. Bylaw, Aug. 3.—The Duke of Anholt Bernburg has adopted the Prussian Tariff. The widow of Schiller, 'who went some time since to Bonn, to undergo an operatiOn for the cataract, war seized with an apoplec tic fit during the operation, which proved fatal. Letters to the sth ult. reached London yesterday from Smyrna. His Majesty's ship Revenge, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir a NEALE, was then lying there. The Rose slqop had sailed a fortnight before for the Siloto passage, to protect the trade from pirates, and his Majesty's ship Cambrian sailed on the 4th for the purpose of searching the Islands for British property. The order of the Turkish Govern►nent for the abo lition of the corps of Janissaries bad, according to these accounts, been enforced at Smyrna without difficulty. This latter intelligence is, howeler, completely at variance with that contained i►► the German papers of only two days prior date. By the sanie opportunity letters were received from Constantinople to the 11th ult. It is stated with some confidence, that the Porte has taken serious offence at the assistance given by English individuals to the Greeks ; and that papers of a disagreeable nature have been sent to our Ambassador. One of the letters con cludes in' these words :--:" The Porte will liken to no representations or explanations of the English Ambas sador ; you may expect to hear shortly of his recall." We have no means of judging of the correctness of ,this information, beyond the fact of its having been received in letter s direct from Constantinople. Hamburgh Papers of the 12th inst. have reached us this forenoon. They contain the Manifesto issued by the Emperor of R USSIA o n the 29th ult., on th e ter mination of the p rocee di ngs against 'the conspirators, which we subjoin; but 'its great length and the late neis of the hour prevent 'our making any comments Hon it :--- WARSAW, AUGUST 3, On the i 2Bth of last month, died here, at the age of 74 years, his Highness, Prince Zajinzek, Viceroy of th e kingdom IA Poland. The confidence of the Emperor Alexander, and of the present Emperor, Nich o l as , is t h e most unequivocal proof of his merit. The day of the death of this excellent, Prince will ha a 'day of mourning for every Pole. HANOVER, AUGUST 8. His Royal Highness the Governor-General set out to day for Derneberg, and is expected bark in few clays. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge is gone to New Strelitz, to spend some weeks with her-sister, the Grand Duchess of MecklenbLttg Strelitz. ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 29. Imperial Manifesto Nicholas, &c. The'lligh Crimin a l Court created in consequence of the manifesto of June 13, to try the conspirators, has per formed the task assigned to it.""The sentence passed, by it, in conformity with the existing laws, but , mitigated by us, as far as the claims of justice and the safety of the empire permitted us, have been published, and carried into effect. In this manner an affair has been terminated, which we have always considered as the affair of all Rus sia. The criminals have received their merited punish ment—the country is freed from the contagious disease which had been so long spreading in secret. When we again have our eyes on these deplorable events, we shall find, that we have one duty more to perform. On the spot where seven months ago the breaking out of a sudden rebellion at once recalled to us the horrible secret of an evil which had already sixteen years growth, a lest act of commemoration, an atoning sacrifice, must consecrate the memory of the Russian blood shed there in the cause of religion, of the Sovereign, and the country ; solemn thanksgivings must be offered to the Almighty. We have acknowledged his hand, when it tore the veil that covered this detestable mystery. We have acknowledged that he suffered the crime to arm itself, and thus prepared its de struction. The rebellion, like a sudden tempest, seemed to have broken out only .to destroy the conspiraay of which it was the first overt act. This conspiracy was not in the character or in the manner of the Russian Aryition. Contrived by a handful of criminals, it had no accomplices but a small number of men, who were in con stant intercourse with them, of corrupt hearts and unbridled passions ; and in spite of wicked and persevering exertions for ten years, it could not proceed in extending any far ther. The heart of Russia has been, and always will be, inaccessible to suctratteinpts. The Russian name does not disgrace itself by treachery to the throne and the country. We have on the contrary received on this oc casion the most affecting proofs of unbounded devotion. We have seen fathers arm themselves with inexor able severity . against their criminal children, the nearest relations give up the wretches suspected of being accomplices; in a word, all classes of our subjects, inspired with the same feelings, unanimously demand the sentence and punishment of the guilty. The conspirators, however, though confined to a narrow sphere, had been active; the wound was deep and dangerous, because it was concealed. When we consider that the chief object of the conspirators, their first purpose, was invariably the assassination of Alexander the Blessed, we are filled with indignation end sorrow. Other considerations occupiedand embarrassed the attention; other cares inspired well founded apprehensions; amidst indisputable investigations, innocence was to be respected, to be preserved from useless suspicion and humiliation. But Providence who was pleased at the mo ment of our accession to the Throne, to surround us with, cares and difficulties, gave us also courage and strength to complete the work which it imposed on us. After 5 months labours the Committee of Inquiry, by its zeal, its perse verance, and impartiality,and by the use of persuasion, suc ceeded in moving the hearts of the most hardened crimi nals, in exciting their remorse, and inducing them to volun- , tary and sincere confession. The High Court of Justiee which embraced this great trial in the whole extent of its political importance, its character, and its ramifications, has brought it to the legal termination. Thus, thanks to thi unanimous accord of all good and faithful Rue sians, ir scourge has soon vanished, which in another state of social manners . ,would have made a long resistance. The melancholy events which disturbed the internal peace of Russia, are paned, and as we trust, in the divine mercy, passed forever. According to the inscrutable decrees of the Almighty, who makes good to proceed from evil, theie very events may contri bute to the public good. May parents now devote all their attention to the moral education of their children. It is not to the progress of civilization, but to vanity, which is more fatal than indolence, to want of knowledge, that we. must ascribe those unbridled thoughts, those violent pas sions, that confused and fatal half-knowledge, that propen sity to extravagant theories and reveries, w hichi begin in demoralization and end in ruin. In vain are all the efforts, all the sacrifices of the Government, I unless domestic education supports its views ► and sows the: seeds of. , morality in the heart. Here, as in everything else, the nobility, the bulwark of the throne and of the national honour, must set the example. All the care which it employs in the improvement -of a national education consecrated to Russia, and given, in its bosom, will be acknowledged with equal satisfaction and gratitude.' In our country all the roads to honour and the service of the state are open to the, nobility. The administration of justice, the army, the branches of internal government, all require able and active officers ; may, therefore, all classes of citizens give the Government the same confidence. In our Empire, where love to the Sovereign and fidelity to the Throne are hereditary qualities in the people, where a rigorous administration is united with truly national laws, all the efforts of the wicked will he absurd and unavailing. They may en►elope themselves in darkness, but when they come into the light they are crushed by the laws, and the general indigna tion of the people. In such an organization of the state, every ,one may depend upon the stability of order, the security of pro perty and persona, and without fear for the present, look with hope to the future. It is not by rash and destructive enterprises, but gradually, that real ameliorations are made, defects supplied, and abuses remedied. In this progressive improvement every wise wish for amelioration, every thought tending to con solidate the laws, to spread true knowledge, and to develope in dustry, which comes to us through the legal ways which are open to all, will always be used by us with gratitude; for we have no other wish, and can have no other, than to see our country attain the highest degree of prosperity and glory to which providence has destined it. Lastly, in the midst of this our ardent wish, which all our subjects share, and in the hope that it will be fulfilled, our particular care is again turned to those unhappy families whom guilt ham depri►ed of some of their members. During the whole course of these proceedings we have participated in their affliction, and we now hasten to assure them, that, in our eyes, the bonds of family transmit the glory of their ancestors to their descendants, but net the infamy of a single criminal. Whoever should venture to draw from its ground of reproach, would violate the laws of the State, and still more the doctrines of the religion of Christ: (Signed) Zarskojiselo, July 25, 1826. NICHOLAS. We have received a letter from an Officer at Rio de Janeiro, dated the fith of June, from which the follow ing is an extract : All is bustle and confusion here, as accounts reached this place yesterday that the new Admiral of the Brazilian navy had taken command of the aquadron before Monte Video, and bad com menced a strict blockade. Commodore Brown is now under the forts : their force amounts to 20 sail of pendants. Rumours are afloat that Bolivar has threatened the Brazilian Government, that if the blockade is not taken off, he will march his whole force towards this place. Trade is dull, and what there is of it is chiefly carried on by the French, as they undersell us in every thing. We sail to-morrow morning for Valparaiso, where the Cam bridge now is. The Thetis frigate sails in the course of ten days for Buenos Ayres, with Lord Ponsonby. We alluded in our Paper of yesterday to the'pr,oba bility of an interruption to that intercourse which has lately subsisted between our West India Islands and the ships of the United States, in consequence of the Government of that Republic having refused to admit into its ports British ships coming from British Colo nies, on the same terms , an d b y p a ying the same duties, a g nt whichsehmipascoin com i ng g from the same quarter. The e forarirc arran gement we made with t h e U n i te d States, a t American andirect intercourse between A mer i can s hi ps n and ao ip u le of reciprocityrWestlndia possession s , was f ounded on a ; and as the American Govern- , went has not thought fit to sanction one part of the other. The of T ur h c e o po s r e ts t o h f at o w u e r si : h o ':o l un o l n gde i eusineonmtt adhere 'uiatt t followsti a s a therefore th e be shut against American ships trading dire c t between th em cede to the and ports of the considering the animus which influencedand, the Government of that Country ill must n r i e t f e uh d :neg States to a c : other part of the arrange. went, which every principle of justice atiti.commer cial intercourse . required, we must, of coinie, expect that it will follow up its proceedings by prohibiting the importation of produce from our Colonies in.Britisir bottoms on any conditions. We do not understand that any specific Order in Council will be immediately issued on this subject, as has been reported; the measures adopted following rather as a matter of course, from the non-fulfilment of the arrangement on the part of America, than as a matter of retaliation on the part of this country. We trust, however, that the United States will see that it will be no less wise on their part, than advantageous to our Colonies, to come to an arrangement for establishing an intercourse which, must be beneficial to both. In a paper. of Sunday there appeared * most lumi nous and liberal article, in which a variety of miscella neous remarks are imparted io the public, .with s e obvious idea that they will be the means of completely knocking on the head the whole church establishment. We will just glance over one or two of these tapient argon - lents, in order that our readers maybe de prived of the advantages which the knowledge of them may convey. The writer commences with an able and well-dra w° parallel between Dr. OwEN, Rector of St. Olive, Hart-street, and JUDAS. The latter sold the Re deemer for 30 pieces of silver, and it is intimated that the former receives somewhat more than this, but it is not very distinctly specified whom lie betrays in con' sideration of it. It is stated that he bullies his vasuP ,And insults his parishioners with a jest. To say nothing, * of the admirable similarity of this conduct with the °` the traitor Disciple, we must own we can see nothing in the Doctor's conduct at the vestry, which c an ' properly speaking, be called bullying, unless it he MS asserting his right to the chair, a right which we he. - heve is not contested. Bullying implies superiority, and abuse of that superiority : but in the present esse , so far from the Doctbr having any superiority Or power of bullying, it is evident that he is maintaining so arduous, and what perhaps may be a fruitless stniggle. however, the more serious charge is, that th e Door is heartless, avaricious. and makes a traffic o f reli g ion. Now, without the least intention of defending 1)_r• OWEN'S proceedings, we must say we wish to see ts° play, and do not like to hear any one accused uujustlP Any one wboknows any thingof Dr. OwEN, howeVer they may be disposed to question the justice of his Atos' must bear testimony that he is as far from being heartless," and a trafficker in religion, as any °l' can be ; he contends, with some little violence , J i m what he considers, (whether justly or not) rights : but all who know him are aware, ` list in pn: and that vate life he is_ a man of most excellent heart, his performance of his clerical duties is not only c e r ' r " rect, but admired. There is one more expression t° which we must advert, viz. that "he estirato 119 duties by the sums they produce." Now; nothing_ can be more unfortunate than this expression, nothing the very pr,inciple upon which the Doctor professes:a., go, is that the emoluments are a legal freehold, s',l, are not proportioned. in reference to the q uantity ' duty to be performed. • S uch to be Ilm The attacks upon Dr. OwEN, are, however, as would not excite much surprize , considering t':, way in which that Divine has been so often biotic before the public; but in the subsequent part n i t • paragraph reflections are made upon - a most guished clerical character, which are of a different conl,i plexion, and exhibit nothing but a spirit of delor a l in h e ' and malignant hostility against the Church' he Bishop of CHIEsTER is happily selected by the W... r as the object of his attack ; and, if the Church e t ' afford no better ground for the calumnies of its his mies, than what is supplied in the conduct of th ts Prelate, we may well congratulate its friends. 14 C' the accusation against the Bishop is twofold : ist' 7; tolerance, and 2dly, Avarice ; he is intolerant, be not, he opposes what he considers (whether justly or " cs : is not the question), the ascendancy of Routs° k st tholic intolerance ; he is biptted, not (as wi iil r e n suppose) because he adheres to one fixed oll f $ against all argument or conviction, but if: V I e d chill novel reason) because upon conviction he his opinion ! , 1 Onc e From this rational and logical charge of illt°• e o f we proceed to that of avarice, and this is suPr i set in a not less novel and instructive manner. Th e°. bliln . begimi by alluding to a recent transaction at the ers sion-house, from which it appears that the parishioiisiti of Bishopagate wishing to enlarge their churl ," al y by pulling down the rectory house, (which by to boil e fai bu l be e i andl)ewouldw have s soon house,on actuallyha rathery the R e coi l, 0 worse situation. This was to-be paid for by p. it assessment, and not out of the tithes ; those util e el being remembered, not being to the extent of thj ois e. claim, but an accommodating composition. 1 n ot, quently, because the Bishop of CHEsTEII d i ` (l ore out of • his own revenues, build a house for the ot ; Rectors of Bishopsgate, he one of the worst enemies of the Church; 3 ' 144 " ~,, „pie , to have sounded in his ears a whole string 0 „,"„ c li, turd quotations about money being the root of all v"" Bishops not being given to filthy lucre, &c• 81t ' clli' Another not ess happy hit is in bringing t h i co . racter of the celebrated Bishop GA m:OEN int° the dial" parison. A more unhappy discontented Ow ,;,,b r ee never existed ; and his character antlinothes ha ,Pli e clearly enough shown to have been nonexi.otis most creditable. Because he WAS thu s I;isb° l : fled and ambitious, it clearly follows that% 01 0 BLOOMFIELD ( as the writer calls hoar to cart of necessity be so t b he wrn-- r e plaining letters to - Lord Clarendon °°;e 51.4 the cr e e l ? i'' his see, and did not care to allude pretty ; e ster' lntttaned:dwinassn opifgoinitsiee:til fto)ofag:lseer:i btou toch d s r, t i t i, n i . , . 'the declining health of his neighbour of "t o y,o o roo t therefore it is manifest, the present Bishop °C i otti° cherishes exactly the same feelings *a whereas, independently of the singular lo'w er 0; 0 by this writer, of seeing into men's thopib r , 0t . , 1 worthy of remark, that on the elevation T ile, it. the bench, at an unusually early period °' '' ;00( 1 '''. generally' rumoured (how truly, we do 11 °t ; P' c i ~itli ' know) that his promotion was accomPa n : e rt ber r; intimation that he was not to look f or g"l' tit hop ferment at present ; and his retention ot /3ii cco Vilt, o WAS voluntarily o ff ere d' to his Lordship, on, s sort ' the scanty amount o f the revenues of CD° iei much for his avarice, rapacity, and tunhid °n . o . aeilit i lit " Abuses, in fa c t (the writer concludes) are n ow par liss- 00 "and heavy, that to ease the Church esta blishment' eit l O w " must int erpose . i t reg ulated religion in other der4er of per_li "do so again. The Church is not beyon d the 111 the 'Cr . " meat. • •• • Parliament originally estsali. ow ned % i,,i " of England, and by Parliament again it muss be, , bult eS e, 4 Now suppose it were granted that sticnA virc b, II : v in the collection of the revenues of the L' l ,* v ai., tr:ere • or difficult to see how Parliament could in h gess 1. - niuc et ch general enactment, without toinnutting ii ,.. fit et injustice than is now suffered. The 'nen • i et